The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-09
A CHANGE IN PUBLIC FEELING
Many Are Demanding That the Sentence OF
Death he Carried Out.

| CHANGE IN PUBLIC FEELING
| Many Are Demanding That the Sentence OF
Death no Carried Ont.
CHICAGO. Nov. s.-The personalities Of the
dramstis persone in the great tragedy OF Dyn-
amite agt Law and Order Justly claim atten-
ton. There are several classes: tho official.
represented by the Governor, the Mayor. the
Sheriff. tho jniler. and the policemen: the con-
demned. which includes the seven men await
ing execution Of the sentence Of the law; and
| the sufferers, the widows and children Of the
| Dead the families OF the MANNED and man.
| Gled, and the wives yet to be made widows. tho
| children yet to be made orphans and sweet
| hearts Of tho men In jail. The great public Is
| divided into classes-those who believe that at
| all times and under all circumstances mercy
consists in Justice to the greatest number;
those without much show Of reason. who
clamor for mitigation OF punishment in every
and any case; and the cranks, who interpose
their follies some in fantastic garb and others
couched in solemn utterance issued from the
pulpit or the platform; and last but by no
manner Of means least. the towards, to whom
patriotism is but name and duty but a shadow
Now all these personalities are grouped in
the jail like Gagged lions or tigers The officials
exhibit the condemned men to the curious
gaze Of a gaping and unfeeling crowd. while
they also permit meagre intercourse between
them and those who have claims upon their
regard. 1t is n pitiable sight to witness daily
in the jail. l was over there again to-day. and
saw tho grim visaged Mrs. Parsons. concern
ing whom much absurd compliment as well as
denunciatlon has been written. She Is not an
Unlocking woman. neither Is she the graceful
lady pictured. She is unquestionably Of
African descent, although writers incline to be
considerable and call her a Mexican. She is
not as black as the ace Of spades. but she is
more than tawny. Her brain Is as quick, as
alert, as active as that Of any woman ever
mot. and had she been better born and moro
fully equipped with educational attainment.
there is no sphere known to womanhood in
which she could not have shone by force Of
natural ability. She is very fond Of Parsons
and he OF her. and together they find pleasure
In their children. but as In other days the
armies OF the South found inspiration In the
words and smiles OF wives below Mason and
Dixon's line. so Parsons and his fellow An
archists to-day find courage and hope and
determination and clear grit In the encourage
ing presence. the faithful attendance. and the
revolutionary utterance Of this woman.
Nina Van Zandt. poor girl, presents to the
eye Of q keen observer something more than Q
love-sck maiden. She is monomaniac Day
sight OF the fellow who with lordly indiffer-
ence. puffs his cloud Of smoke in her suffering
face. and listens to her romantic talk with the
carelessness born Of his own self-conceit,
Lingg Ii . curiosity. with q door-mat head, q
doughy face an evil-sinister expression. o
magnificent chest and orly-fashioned legs
He Is as crazy as March hare on the subject
OF Lingg. To him the idea OF revolution Is
caramel. a chance for anarchy Is tsnderloin
with mushrooms. and the coming opportunity
to look death In the face while defiant sneers
are bestowed upon the surrounding multi.
esseser ever seryed But % n
aes a Ssy e sneS US
human beings In the shadow. OF the gallows.
with that s1s the
and fortress on Friday next they viii be dead.
The circus in the jail is a something which
Is in Charge Of the jail and the Sheriff COMES in
only as tho State's representative. the eounty's
alter in charge Of Tho are to be
block the street and stand upon the sidewalk
opposite the jail. content to look and wonderat
side sid ' as Mr. a Wess was said to DO in
ths mansion which h. be- pe9pled ., With Jingle .R
vas: mass Of curiosity seekers is kept without.
what would seem to be an interminable num-
Der are to g within The SPACE q"
after row OF men and Observation-Disclosures. in:
look and talk about them as one counts the
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/ doubt very much whether more than two
OF these men would have been hanged. As it
has Psse tSat Is as
tdiotic and baseess as was the mighty stream
OF sympathy which poured from end to end OF
a threatening n OyarwhAlm ".
ernor. and push him from his chair Of equity
and Justice Why, these men ere are no more
were intended ior the use. Of one
h Is ha, e % ss eGee
mains as wired you last night. that Spies and
Fielder and Parsons in turn deny their
foly 81 tn, hem man g who had them IN his cell
for common sense amope ths malti.udeS MD
the q sy hea Of hss e on %o th
death and the Civilized world would have said.
Three cheers for Judge Lynch" The, men
canerng *! Tor th s death them now nd their
way in dr3yes and crowds to the tables on
riediy ajax their SIGNATURES to the plea for
commut ation: The best men in Chicago
ha done it. Sndsd the %hs
beyond, and whose associates still walk
hesitatingly on crutches mangled and manned.
ment as they saw prominent citizens, men Of
comrades had lost their lives. ignore justice
But to-day this same multitude, which has
already undergone two changes OF heart. turns
Ing OF these men. no more guilty than they
Ssy s shS
Well. what are these various personalities